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Kanji Detail for 罰 - "penalty, punishment, retribution"

罰

  • Meaning

    罰 means "penalty, punishment, retribution."

    1. Penalty - Punishment; consequence; blame; crime; to punish.

    2. Retribution - Consequences of sin or wrongdoing; divine punishment.

  • Words using 罰

    • 罰金 ばっきん Listen fine; penalty
    • 罰則 ばっそく Listen punishment; penalty; penal regulations
    • 体罰 たいばつ Listen corporal punishment
    • 処罰 しょばつ Listen punishment; penalty
    • 懲罰 ちょうばつ Listen discipline; punishment; reprimand
    • 刑罰 けいばつ Listen (criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence
    • 罰する ばっする Listen to punish; to penalize; to penalise
    • 罰点 ばってん Listen cross mark; demerit mark; an X

  • Four-character idioms with 罰

    • 一罰百戒 いちばつひゃっかい Listen punishing a crime to make an example for others
    • 信賞必罰 しんしょうひつばつ Listen rewards and punishments; rewarding good conduct and punishing evildoing
    • 天罰覿面 てんばつてきめん Listen the certainty of divine punishment; Swift is Heaven's vengeance

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    • Verified meaning: penalty, punishment, retribution
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Traditionally considered inauspicious in names — Japanese readers may find it an unlucky choice. Check the meanings above carefully before using it on skin.

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    penalty; punishment

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    penalty, fine; punish, penalize

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to punish; to penalize; to fine

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    penalty, fine; to punish, to penalize

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Punishment. Violating the law is called 罪 (crime). What is used to punish crime is called 刑 (penalty). Having a crime and being punished by law is called 罰. | Paying money to redeem a crime is called 罰. Like today's fines. | An implement for clamping fish.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    bachi(バチ) バチ

    batsu(バツ) バツ

    hatsu(ハツ) ハツ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ba.ssuru(ば-っする) ば-っする

  • Strokes

    tip

    14 strokes

  • Radical

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    网 罒 㓁 (amigashira・amime)

  • Related Keywords

    penalty punishment retribution discipline sanction fine sentence chastise penance correction penalize justice vengeance retaliation

Sentences including 罰

  • She resolved not to pay the fine.

  • He will be punished.

  • He didn't like to be punished.

  • Were we to do such a thing , we should be punished.

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